https://github.com/ericwindmill/later-chat
Drop your friends some (location-based) notes.
https://github.com/ericwindmill/later-chat
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Drop your friends some (location-based) notes.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ericwindmill/later-chat
- Owner: ericwindmill
- Created: 2017-06-02T02:41:47.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-06-12T19:45:38.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-23T05:17:45.168Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 5.89 MB
- Stars: 4
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# [Bulletin](https://ericwindmill.github.io/later-chat-demo/)
## Background
It's fun to leave notes like this:
But what its 2017 so we're livin' like this:
### Enter Bulletin.
Now you can leave your friends surprise messages at all the places you know they'll go.
Bulletin is a mobile app that allows users to drop notes at a location for their followers to see when they're there. Imagine walking into a boring old grocery store and getting a surprise note from your pal.
Users will also be able to post notes to a 'discover' board and 'followers' board based on their current location. Bars, restaurants, parks, etc. You can drop a note anywhere.
Bulletin was made by Monte Jiran, Grey Keith, Nathan Li, and Eric Windmill
## Features
* Users accounts have secure token authentication, so they only have to sign in once (per device)
* Users can drop notes to their followers - they can select one or multiple followers per note.
* App integrates with native camera so that users can send images as notes.
* Users get notified when they have unread notes at a given location.
* Users can follow other users and see their posts.
* Locations have public boards
* Users can post to a location based followers feed OR a location based public feed.
* The app uses native geolocation in parallel with Google Places and Apple Maps.
* "Treasure Hunt Map" (Users can see *where* they have messages, but not from who or the messages content.)
## Product Design
Bulletin was rapidly built from conception in 8 days.
The design and workflow was guided by our app proposal. This proposal included database schema, sample state for React/Redux, wireframes, and implementation timeline.
## Technology
One of the greatest challenges of this project was quickly learning new technologies.
### Frontend Technology
* Javascript
* React Native
* React flavored library made by Facebook. Allows us to create mobile apps for both iOS and Android with Javascript (which is incredible.)
* Styled with ReactNative flavored CSS.
* Redux
* The Redux cycle and library is implemented to organize and architect the frontend.
* Xcode project management
* AWS S3 file storage
### Backend Technology
* Ruby on Rails with Heroku
* The database was built with Ruby on Rails. The rails app is simply a location for our React Native app to make RESTful API calls to our database. The Rails app additionally handles user authentication.
* PostgreSQL
[Backend Github](https://github.com/ericwindmill/later-chat-api)
### Additional
* AWS S3 file storage for images
* Jekyll for rapidly building demo page.
* Appetize.io to display a live demo on the [demo page](https://ericwindmill.github.io/later-chat-demo/).
## Future Implementations
* Users can like posts on the public and/or following board
* Users get like and follows notifications
* Users have a profile
* Hot activity places nearby
* Video notes